My Weekend Crush

Man, yesterday was rough. This weekend may well be rougher as Senate Republicans plow through with a vote on Brett Kavanaugh. So here is some goodness and light to remind you the world isn’t only filled with angry, entitled white men screaming about how they deserve a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Earlier this week, which seems like 63 million years ago, Meghan Duggan and Gillian Apps – the respective captains of the U.S. and Canadian women’s teams – got married. In case you need a reminder, the U.S. and Canadian teams are fierce, fierce rivals on the ice. It was also a reminder that people on different teams don’t always have to hate each other. In fact, sometimes they can respect and even love one another. Now wouldn’t that be nice? Of course to get love and respect you have to earn it. And to earn it you have to be honest and fair and kind and treat all as equals. And then, and only then, will you have to be able to look across the ice or an aisle and see your true love. Mazel tov, ladies. Happy weekend, all.



p.s. Is the ice the U.S. and Canadian hockey teams play on made of Love Potion No. 9? Because this is actually the second married Team U.S. and Team Canada captains. Last year former U.S. captain Julie Chu and former Canada captain Caroline Ouellette welcomed a girl to their family.